Bio Laura Vanhulle

Belgian-born Laura Vanhulle moved to the UK in 2006 to pursue her BA(hons) degree at the Northern School of Contemporary Dance and was selected for an internship with Ace Dance and Music, Shobana Jeyasingh (Counterpoint) and Motionhouse (The Voyage). Since then, she has built a successful career performing for various companies and choreographers, including Ace Dance and Music, Gary Clark, Gustavo Oliveira, Rogue Play, South Paw dance Company, Mickael Marso Riviere, Oliver Robert Russell, Coda Dance Theatre, Keneish Dance Theatre, Sonia Sabri Company, Room2Manoeuvre, Autin Dance Theatre and James Wilton, with national and international tours.

Laura has a strong reputation as a teacher in the UK, working for organizations such as NSCD, The Place, Rambert, Trip Space (London), Swindon Dance, Dance City, Dance East, The Lowry, Freefalldance, DanceXchange, Elmhurst, Wolverhampton University, Coventry University, Edge Hill University. She has taught internationally in Portugal (Porto, Summer Intensive Portugal), Greece and Belgium (Muda – Passerelle).

In 2013, Laura Vanhulle founded Dance Theatre and has since choreographed a range of indoor and outdoor works, including Angles in Life, Echo, Infinite Womanhood, Yin and Moo Shim. Dovetail, choreographed by Mickael Marso Riviere, with music composed by Domenico Angarano. They were also commissioned by PerformAct to create Blindspot & Surge. Recently, Laura and Oliver created a family performance Olive Branch, which is successfully touring outdoor festivals, schools and libraries. They were recently commissioned by The Place to create an Olive Branch Playground version for a six-week national tour of schools and festivals.

Laura and Oliver are now associate artists at Swindon Dance. In 2023, Laura and Oliver were commissioned to create Between You & Me, a work for Passerelle, a youth organization in Kortrijk, Belgium.

Laura studies the Korean martial art Tang Soo Do under Grandmaster Khan. In July 2022, she was selected to represent Great Britain at the WTSDA World Championships in Greensboro, North Carolina, USA. She won gold in Hyungs, weapons and sparring, in the brown belt adult women’s category. In October 2022, she won the Grand Champion Cup at the regional championships in Wales. In May 2023, she won the Grand Cup at the national championships. She is also studying Negaca Capoeira under the guidance of Mestre Chitaozinho. Laura loves yoga and Acro yoga and in her spare time studies the connection between body and mind. She believes in movement for movement’s sake and that dance is a gateway to learning, healing and connecting. She is also dyslexic and believes that dance is a way to express and connect in an unconventional way.